Author: Charles Tan
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Branding is the edge. Actions follow recognition.
I have many favourite brands. Of course not just for shoes, clothing and smartphones but it includes supermarket brands, electronic goods and even properties. Ever wondered why certain developers are able to command a premium over others? Branding lah. Of course, they could also be using better materials etc but when the price is just…
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Accessibility? I think it is ‘acceptability’
I was having lunch with a few younger colleagues. Younger means they are 30 plus, married and has one kid. Or at least married. Haha. If I say young colleagues, then those are in their 20s. I have lots of those actually since millennials are now the majority. Gen-Xs are slowly retiring…. Anyway, one of…
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In future, it can just be ‘redeveloping’ instead of only building new
I have stayed in high-rise units ever since I bought my first high-rise unit way back in 2002. It’s not going to change soon. I would like to stay I like the facilities, the security and the lifestyle that comes with it but perhaps it’s also because I could not really afford an awesome landed…
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Why must it be at the bottom? Who decides? Who knows…
It amuses me every time someone asked me about the lowest point for the proprrty market. The bottom point. Even if the speaker is someone very famous, how is he going to know when is the bottom point? Using stats? Well if so, then why need the speaker… Why not they sell just you the…
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Oversupply need not be all bad lah.
This is something we read everyday. The number of unsold properties seem to be very high. In fact there are always articles quoting some experts which kept telling us about the oversupply situation in Iskandar and that new developments should be stopped. Some say stop for now. For now means for how long? 6 months?…
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Crisis or no crisis, salary growth will lag because….
Here’s an interesting article about how the salary (wage) growth in the U.S is still lagging behind the economic growth (despite full employment). It’s in business-standard.com Basically, what it says is that wage growth should be on par already with the economic growth which has now enabled full employment. More jobs meant people could choose, it…
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Bandar Malaysia: Only Fortune 500 companies need apply. (but not from the U.S….)
Bandar Malaysia is quite a famous development. Depending on where you intend to look at it from, it can be negative or positive. Total gross development value is estimated at RM12.3 billion and it was reported in many media recently about Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance issuing a request for proposal (RFP) from companies interested in taking…
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International reserves up and down (at the same time)
International currency reserves for countries is a consideration of whether or not the country is loved by investors or not. Too low and the investors started to get worried. Well, for most countries except the U.S since international reserves are usually denominated in the US$. Of course, we can also imagine what will happen if…